A business executive wanted to encourage his staff to take more risks; to understand that life at its best or fullest, means not shutting down, or playing to “I can’t, what will they say?” At a staff meeting he passed out little pieces of paper, each stamped "Forgiveness Coupon."

Each employee received two coupons. He told the gathered group, "We keep telling you to take risks. But if you are really going to risk or try or dream or love or bring your heart or care, you are going to make mistakes. These coupons give you permission to make a mistake, free and clear, without fear of retribution, blaming or scapegoating." The staff listened flabbergasted.

The manager added, "And each of you is expected to use both coupons by the end of the year." An hour later, a staff member handed a coupon to the executive, "I would like to use my first one." What on earth did you do?" "Five minutes ago, I Xeroxed ten more copies."~Annette Morrison

I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists,

coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it

can be redeemed only by love.

~Wendell Berry

Shared by Liz Sorensen Wessel
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